Come on, who hasn’t planned to do that at one point or another?
Day: January 24, 2020, 11:06 PM
Ops
Pay attention.
The new Google Search result layout is an op.
My theory is that it's meant to condition people to not be able to recognize the difference between valid/organic information, sponsored information, misinformation, disinformation and corporate/govt propaganda.
— AoverK (@AoverK) January 23, 2020
That’s exactly it. This was planned long in advance to destroy the distinction between neoliberal capitalism and its propaganda, real information, and government control operations (usually the same as corporate ones in most areas). Now that Google has de facto control of the collective nous they are using that power. It will be very effective indeed. The past decade or two has just been a prelude to what’s about to happen.
Virt U
Despite the fact that I mostly watch women’s tennis, I do think Roger Federer is easily the best tennis player of all time. He makes shots that seem just impossible, that no human should be able to handle and makes it look easy:
A lot of times, even his opponents smile when playing against him. Seeing someone do impossible things in your field right in front of you is always a thrill, even if it means you lose.
Berned In
Bernie is making a huge mistake on the identity politics gambit. That’s not going to work out. Even if he’s not eliminated by the plutocrats (who hate him), identity posturing is only something about 0.5% of the population care about. However, since they are prominent in the media, we hear their voices a great deal. They dominate the visible discourse and access to public life but most people, thankfully, have no clue about who they are.
If you ask the average person who’d be interested in Bernie what “intersectionality” or the “Bechdel Test” is they’d have absolutely no idea nor would they care. Why should they, when they can barely afford housing and medical bills? What “privilege” do they have, from their perspective, when that is true?
The identity posturing of late will alienate the voters Bernie actually needs to potentially win while swaying absolutely no one to his candidacy.
The Usual Saying
Fuck Mozilla and fuck the Firefox developers!
Always important to keep in mind.
Bad UX
How I Fixed Gmail’s UX and Saved My Sanity.
Who cares about this? Any email crapplication sans folders and with conversation view only is forever broken.
How It’ll Happen
Is it a virus, is it a dictatorship, is it ww3? Pick a lane, apocalypse!
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) January 23, 2020
Due to climate change, we’ll probably get all three at the same time. People misunderstand “climate change.” They think it means a thunderstorm or a fire or something will kill them.
But what will kill them (more likely, their kids and grandkids) is the wars and fascist movements that arise from climate-change-induced crop failures, uncontrolled and uncontrollable migration, and water shortages.
People have an absolutely shit understanding of systems and how they work together, and how they fail.
Not Poddy Time, Not Excellent
At some point The Economist needs to stop trying to make us eat bugs. We're not going to eat bugs, give it up. https://t.co/zRBbuKSjou
— Mike Bird (@Birdyword) January 23, 2020
I will not eat bugs and I will not live in the pod. The plutes are gonna keep pushing this, though. Be interesting to see how many people resist over time. History says not many will.